Novah — #892 US unisex name

What the Data Says About Novah

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,213 babies named Novah between 2006 and 2024, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Novah currently holds the #892 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2020, when 517 babies received it in a single year. Novah is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 493 additional births since 2011.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Novah performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 2,021 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Novah shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 284 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Novah in 34 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Novah in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 3,213 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.